US spelling bee features youngest competitor
OXON HILL, United States (Reuters) - The 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee got underway on Wednesday (May 31) with 291…
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Faceless fish among weird deep-sea Australian finds
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Faceless fish and other weird and wonderful creatures, many of them new species, have been hauled…
8 years ago
Panda stars get first taste of life in The Netherlands
RHENEN, Netherlands (AFP) -- Cautiously at first and then with mounting curiosity, two giant pandas stepped outside into their new…
8 years ago
‘See-through’ ladybird shell reveals wing-folding mechanism
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Scientists in Tokyo have replaced a ladybird beetle's outer wing casing with an artificial see-through one,…
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Scientists look to genetically modified algae to help feed the planet
QUINGDAO, China (Reuters) -- Algae, one of the smallest organisms on the planet, could soon be used to combat a…
8 years ago
Mexican Embassy opens “The Galleon Museum”
By Errah Jean H. Crusim Mexican embassy opens "The Galleon: Manila-Acapulco Galleon Museum," a replica of an 18th century galleon…
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Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO
by Nina Larson Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven…
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Cities may be 8 degrees Celsius hotter by 2100: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Under a dual onslaught of global warming and localized urban heating, some of the world's cities…
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Mountaineers climb Dufour and Mont Blanc in 50 hours
Reuters -- Ski climbers Bernhard Hug and Tony Sbalbi recently (May 15-17) made an attempt to climb the highest peaks…
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Indian woman sets Mount Everest summit record
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) - Indian climber Anshu Jamsenpa has made the fastest double ascent of Mount Everest, becoming the first…
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